Season 2 • Episode 10
LatestIt's graduation time for the middle-school students, as they face the uncertain future in more ways than one. Wishbone sees a future with just as many question marks in Virgil's The Aeneid.
Wishbone is a children's television show. The show's title character is a Jack Russell Terrier of the same name. Wishbone lives with his owner Joe Talbot in the fictional modern town of Oakdale, Texas. He daydreams about being the lead character of stories from classic literature He was known as "the little dog with a big imagination". Only the viewers and the characters in his daydreams can hear Wishbone speak. The characters from his daydreams see Wishbone as whatever famous character he is currently portraying and not as a dog.
Acting
Larry Brantley's voice work carries entire literary epochs.
Costume
A terrier in period dress. Every episode. No explanation needed.
Creator
Rick Duffield
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wishbone premiered during the 1995 PBS lineup wars and became their flagship children's property, proving educational content could compete with commercial networks.
The dog who played Wishbone, Soccer, was discovered in a Connecticut animal shelter and retired after the show ended.
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